Carna i Cardea – problem identyfikacji bóstw
Carna and Cardea – Problem of the Identification of the Goddesses

Summary/Abstract: In my article I touch the problem of identification of two Roman goddesses, Carna and Cardea. Ancient writers attributed both to the care of the hinges. For this reason some historians, who studied Roman religion (for example G. Wissowa or J.G. Frazer), doubted, that Carna, which Ovid describes in "Fasti", existed. They followed the Christian writers, especially Augustine, who mentioned only Cardea. In my article I will review counter arguments against their opinions and present my hypothesis about the identity of the two goddesses.

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